Meløy Church

Meløy Church
Meløy kirke

View of the church
Meløy Church
Location in Nordland
Meløy Church
Location in Nordland
Coordinates: 66°49′25″N 13°24′24″E / 66.8235°N 13.4066°E / 66.8235; 13.4066
Location Meløy, Nordland
Country Norway
Denomination Church of Norway
Churchmanship Evangelical Lutheran
History
Founded 14th century
Consecrated 23 July 1867
Architecture
Status Parish church
Functional status Active
Architect(s) Mosling and Nordan
Completed 1867
Specifications
Capacity 600
Materials Wood
Administration
Parish Fore og Meløy
Deanery Bodø domprosti
Diocese Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland

Meløy Church (Norwegian: Meløy kirke) is a parish church in the municipality of Meløy in Nordland county, Norway. It is located in the village of Meløy on the island of Meløya. The church is part of the Fore og Meløy parish in the Bodø deanery in the Diocese of Sør-Hålogaland. The white, wooden church was built in 1867 and it was consecrated on 23 July 1867. The church seats about 600 people, making it the second largest wooden church in all of Northern Norway (after Vågan Church, the so-called Lofoten Cathedral).[1]

See also

References

  1. "Meløy kirke" (in Norwegian). Kirkesøk: Kirkebyggdatabasen. Retrieved 2012-02-09.


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